Cotton-chopper



(No Model.)

J. F. SMITH. Cotton Chopper. v No. 242,386. Patented May 31,1881.

WITNESSES INVENTO %& ATTORNEYS NITED STATES.

JOSEPH F. SMITH, OF TYLER, TEXAS.

COTTON-CHOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,386, dated. May 31, 1881. Application filed February 26, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH zen of the United States, resident at Tyler, in the county of Smith and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gotton-Ohoppers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accomanyin g drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a top view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section.

This invention relates to that class of devices for removing surplus cotton-stalks from the field.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, A represents the frame, whose longitudinal bars a. a carry the driving-shaft B, supported on wheels 0 O. This shaft is in two parts, Z) I).

Upon the inner end, 2, of the part bis secured the wheel 1), which is removable, in order that the wheel D may be removed at any time when necessary for repairs without removing either of the supporting-wheels from the shaft B. A two-part shaft supported on wheels is not broadly new, but in this instance a space is left between the parts I) and b for the purpose of placing the wheel D and removing it. This wheel D consists of a hub, d, from which radiate the spokes 62, carrying at their ends 3 the cups E, all made in one piece or separately, and attached together.

F. SMITH, aciti- F F are posts secured to the bars a just back of the shaft B. These posts have slotsf, two or more, lengthwise, and registering-holes f transversely.

Secured to the front of bars a are the forward ends, g g, of plow-beams G G. These beams extend upward, rest in slots f on pins 2, and then curve downward, carrying at their lower ends, g g, the plows H H, which have the mold-board, or curve upon the inside toward each other. it are the handles of the plows.

As the device passes over the rows the cups E, coming down one after another, cover up at proper intervals the stalks to be left standing, while the plows throw earth upon and crush down the remaining uncovered stalks. Those protected by the cups form the stands.

The outer ends of the spokes of the wheel in a cotton-chopper have been provided with the U-shaped plates, which operate to cover the plants that are to be left for a stand, and this construction is not claimed herein.

What I claim is- In a cotton-chopper, the combination, with the twopart shaft B, having hearings in the frame A and supported on the wheels (3 0, of the removable wheel D, secured upon the end 2 of the portion 1), and having the spokes d and cups E, at the ends thereof, arranged to operate between the adjustable plows H, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JEFF. A. BURNS, L. A. SEoREs'r. 

